Mark G. Cooley was a guest lecturer at the college recently, and he was able to show some of the pieces that he had been working on recently and his background as an artist.
Most of his pieces were against the capitalist nature of the US: from the wat to rampant consumerism. In his collaboration with another srtist, they took on the atrocities of bottled water companies hold on pocket books by selling tap water for 1000 times more than before. Another one of his pieces at a Chicago gallery contained glass cases with three peices of Sara Lee cheesecake and gloves allowing the viewer to touch the cheesecake if they wish. Sara Lee was a sponsor of that event.
Another project was one called White Flag which was drawing from Jasper Johns'Flags. These flags though had to do more with a political agenda rather than a showing the what Johns pictured in a dream.
A lot of his worked was surrounding events that went with the war, and showed disdain for thse events.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
I went to the Anne Marie Sculpture Garden
As the title suggests, I did indeed go to the Anne Marie Sculpture Garden this morning and It was not what I origainally ecpected.
The air was brisk on that faihful Salomons Island Morning, the leaves were still damp from the morning dew. The Cardinals and Orioles were conducting a treetop concerto to the small ground squirrels below. Then I showed up in a Chevy Equinox and ruined that piece of nature.
The garden was not that much of a garden in the traditional sense, it felt like more of a park whose main focus was showing recycled scupture from the Smithsonian collection and other private contributors. Many of the pieces were tucked away in the trees like a large bronze stature of a bishop. Or others were placed out blantantly in the sunlight like the scupture that was three huge red poles or the fountain dedicated to fisherman. I especially liked the installation that was a large broadwlk that acended through the trees and had inspiring messaged etched into the boards. The childrens guide also had a fun scavanger hunt.
The air was brisk on that faihful Salomons Island Morning, the leaves were still damp from the morning dew. The Cardinals and Orioles were conducting a treetop concerto to the small ground squirrels below. Then I showed up in a Chevy Equinox and ruined that piece of nature.
The garden was not that much of a garden in the traditional sense, it felt like more of a park whose main focus was showing recycled scupture from the Smithsonian collection and other private contributors. Many of the pieces were tucked away in the trees like a large bronze stature of a bishop. Or others were placed out blantantly in the sunlight like the scupture that was three huge red poles or the fountain dedicated to fisherman. I especially liked the installation that was a large broadwlk that acended through the trees and had inspiring messaged etched into the boards. The childrens guide also had a fun scavanger hunt.
Monday, March 19, 2007
But is it Installantion Art- a reaction
The article "but is it installation art?" showed many different examples of installation art as well as some parameters and history of the instatllation art movement. Since installation art is relatively new in the art world, there are many different. One noticeable characteristic of an installtion is that the viewer can become apart of the piece vis-a-vis walking into a room.
Some art consider that installation art should have some aort of message attached like Hélio Oiticica's attempt to show the authority of their government in the 1960's. But, the art critic noted to get things down in the art world wer things needed to be bigger and better.something to leave the senses overwhelmed and awestruck.
So the idea of installations have been brought as far as wooden jungle gyms to lots of falshing lights in a room. All demanding serious support from the gallery.
Some art consider that installation art should have some aort of message attached like Hélio Oiticica's attempt to show the authority of their government in the 1960's. But, the art critic noted to get things down in the art world wer things needed to be bigger and better.something to leave the senses overwhelmed and awestruck.
So the idea of installations have been brought as far as wooden jungle gyms to lots of falshing lights in a room. All demanding serious support from the gallery.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
installation art, what is it?
Well that is a good question that I have posted for myself. When I think of installation art I think of a supersized sculpture. A sculture tht is so big that it generally has an entire room devoted to the project. Many of the installations can range from all forms of media: sculpture, video, sound, etc.
Some of the installations that I have seen one was Baltimore meseum of fine art, where an entire room was devoted to suspeded leafblowers and packing material. The blowers were put on a loop so the packing materaal would appear like snow as it danced around the room. I am not sure of the artist of this peice.
Or in the long boring Coulter - Smith article, that mentioned destructive art, which would remove something to an area, Elmgreen and Dragsetin an exhibition at the Porticus Gallery, Frankfurt removed walls from the gallery to the outside to show saginst the institutions that art has gbroughtthemselves to. All with the work of Kurt Schwitters who spend 20+ years, a world war, and a moving of one project before he died.
Some of the installations that I have seen one was Baltimore meseum of fine art, where an entire room was devoted to suspeded leafblowers and packing material. The blowers were put on a loop so the packing materaal would appear like snow as it danced around the room. I am not sure of the artist of this peice.
Or in the long boring Coulter - Smith article, that mentioned destructive art, which would remove something to an area, Elmgreen and Dragsetin an exhibition at the Porticus Gallery, Frankfurt removed walls from the gallery to the outside to show saginst the institutions that art has gbroughtthemselves to. All with the work of Kurt Schwitters who spend 20+ years, a world war, and a moving of one project before he died.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Final concept statement for the marriage project
"So many strings attached"
Everyting is connected when it comes to the partnership of two different people. All responsiblities seem to wind together and become tightly connected with one another. Eventually it becomes abstract and unique to the If these responsibilties become neglected then the strings begin the snap, and the structure of the marriage begins to collapse.
For my project there will be no demonstration.
Everyting is connected when it comes to the partnership of two different people. All responsiblities seem to wind together and become tightly connected with one another. Eventually it becomes abstract and unique to the If these responsibilties become neglected then the strings begin the snap, and the structure of the marriage begins to collapse.
For my project there will be no demonstration.
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